What is the duty of a support recipient to become self-supporting?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rudky v Kaybaki, 2015 ONSC 6431 (CanLII):
A support recipient has a duty to take reasonable steps to become self-supporting. The extent of that duty will depend on the circumstances, such as whether the person has work experience and skills. They cannot sit back and make insufficient efforts to contribute to their own support: Thomas v. Thomas, 2003 CanLII 64346 (ON SC) at para. 74.
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